by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Εις γυναικασ
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Φύσις κέρατα ταύροις, ὁπλὰς δ᾽ ἔδωκεν ἵπποις, ποδωκίην λαγωοῖς, λέουσι χάσμ᾽ ὀδόντων, τοῖς ἰχθύσιν τὸ νηκτόν, τοῖς ὀρνέοις πέτασθαι, τοῖς ἀνδράσιν φρόνημα· γυναιξὶν οὐκέτ᾽ εἶχεν. τί οὖν; δίδωσι κάλλος ἀντ᾽ ἀσπίδων ἁπασῶν, ἀντ᾽ ἐγχέων ἁπάντων· νικᾶι δὲ καὶ σίδηρον καὶ πῦρ καλή τις οὖσα.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις γυναικασ", appears in Odes, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) , "Ode II", appears in Odes of Anacreon, no. 2, first published 1800 [an adaptation] ; composed by Thomas Attwood.
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